Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86

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On Fri, 2023-02-17 at 14:54 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> 
> +All topic branches, except for ``next`` and ``fixes``, are rolled into ``next``
> +via a cthulu merge on an as-needed basis, i.e. when a topic branch is updated.
> +As a result, force pushes to ``next`` are common.
> +

This makes 'next' an unfortunate name, doesn't it? Since branches
destined for "linux-next", which has been using that name for far
longer, have exactly the opposite expectation — that they have stable
commit IDs.

Would 'staging' not be more conventional for the branch you describe?

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